Overview

• Filming on Borough High Street near London Bridge captured Dominic McLaughlin’s Harry walking with Hagrid toward Diagon Alley, with onlookers reporting brief traffic stoppages.
• Set photos and video show a towering body double wearing a lifelike Hagrid head, with Nick Frost also filming in costume using facial coverings marked for visual effects.
• The production is combining practical stand‑ins and digital enlargement to realize Hagrid at the novels’ roughly 11‑foot‑6 scale.
• McLaughlin told BBC News that putting on the Hogwarts costume felt “a bit surreal” and described the part as a dream role.
• Shooting continues at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and on London locations with a cast that includes John Lithgow, Janet McTeer and Paapa Essiedu, and HBO says the series is targeting 2027.